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President Maia Sandu supports unification with Romania despite only about one-third of Moldovans backing the idea, with EU membership seen as a more achievable goal.
- On January 11, Maia Sandu, President of Moldova, said she would vote for reunification with Romania in a referendum on the British podcast The Rest Is Politics, drawing praise from Nicușor Dan, Romanian president.
- Maia Sandu has long said she would vote for reunification since 2016–2018 and holds Romanian citizenship after narrowly winning the 2024 presidential election, a victory secured by the diaspora.
- Opposition forces reacted by demanding Sandu's resignation and prosecution, while Vasile Costiuc and the Democracy at Home party pushed for a parliamentary referendum.
- The amendment passed with 50.4 percent, after Sandu urged voters amid a constitutional referendum on EU aspiration framed by Russia’s security pressure and historical Bessarabia context.
- Polls show about one‑third of Moldovans back reunification, but Vitaliy Andrievsky said support could exceed over 70 percent if Russia advanced to Moldova's borders, while Romanian public support fell from around 60 percent to 40 percent since the invasion.
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Does Moldova's president want unification with Romania?
“If we have a referendum I would vote for the unification with Romania. Look at what’s happening around Moldova today. Look at what’s happening in the world,” Moldovan President Maia Sandu said in an interview with British podcast, The Rest is Politics, on January 11. “It is getting more and more difficult for a small country like Moldova to survive as a democracy, as a sovereign country, and of course to resist Russia,” she added. Though the po…
RECIT - "It is becoming increasingly difficult for a small country like Moldova to survive as a democracy, a sovereign country, and of course resist Russia," said Maia Sandu.
In a recent interview, the Moldovan President mentioned Russia's danger to her country. She explained that she would be in favour of reunification with neighbouring Romania. Maia Sandu said that such an idea was not approved today by a majority of the population, contrary to EU membership. - In the face of the Russian threat, the President of Moldova defends reunification with Romania (International).
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der Standard DEPresident Maia Sandu said that she would vote in favour of reunification with the Romanian neighbours, which raises numerous questions of international law.
Moldova’s president said she would vote for reunification with Romania. Russia-friendly politicians jumped on the ensuing controversy.
Moldova’s political news cycle this week was dominated by comments from President Maia Sandu about how she would vote in a hypothetical referendum on unification with Romania. Meduza explains the context behind Sandu’s comments, how Moldovan and Romanian politicians have responded, and whether her statement is likely to have concrete political consequences. “If we have a referendum, I would vote for unification with Romania,” Moldovan President …
Moldova at a crossroads, unification with Romania or defense of sovereignty
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